King enrolled in Morehouse College at the age of 15 in 1944 and graduated with a B.A. in sociology. He would later recieve his Doctorate in Systematic Theology from Boston University in 1955

King led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 to end racial segregation under Jim Crow that prevented black people from sitting in same area on buses as whites.

King led the illustrious March on Washington where he delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech. It is estimated that some 300,000 fellow advocates joined him on the lawn on that hot August afternoon.